How to activate functions on the front panel in run mode?

[crossrulz]

Works fine for me.  I can scroll with the mouse wheel or by dragging the bars.

[Bombbooo]

While the program is running? I tried this with 2 computers, all cant scroll up and down

[crossrulz]

Yes, while the VI was running.  Maybe you made an edit that we don't have?  It would be in the VI Properties->Window Appearance.  I have "Default" selected.  Is yours something else?

[SteveChandler · Accepted solution]

We have three concepts of run. Run mode, VI execution state and your application's run state. When I click the big square run button on your application the graph updates and I cannot scroll or do anything with any of the buttons.

This is because the event structure is hanging. There are two easy ways to fix it. Add a timeout event or go to edit events handled by this case and unselect Lock front panel (defer processing of user actions) until this event case completes. Neither of these is the best way but it will get it doing what you expect. [Edit: timeout doesn't seem to be the answer, but unselecting defer processing does work]

[Bombbooo]

Ok thank you so much. Im not home now. I will try to follow your suggestion. I'll let you know if it works or not. 🙂

[crossrulz]

Ok, I was able to repeat it.  Steve's suggestion worked.  I have no clue why.  The event has to be complete before the graph code even runs.  Why would it still have the front panel locked?

[altenbach]

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@Bombbooo wrote:
Scroll up and down. Its locked

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How? Scrollbars? Scroll wheel? Pan tool?

Edit: sorry,posting by phone. Did not see the other replies since.

[Bombbooo]

Scroll wheel or bar or anything. I cant move my front panel while it is running

[SteveChandler]

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@crossrulz wrote:

Ok, I was able to repeat it.  Steve's suggestion worked.  I have no clue why.  The event has to be complete before the graph code even runs.  Why would it still have the front panel locked?

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That is a very good question. I thought that once a loop containing an event structure was done, the event structure is also done. I only checked that because the symptoms indicated that even though it didn't make much sense.

[SteveChandler]

EDIT: somehow double posted